Agitating and mixing apparatus.



, PATENTED NOV. 27 1906. L. C. TRENT.

AGITATING AND MIXING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED 0015,1905

UNITED PATENT OFFICE.- LAMA PITNE o. TRENTi'Ol? VANTRENT, CALIFORNIA. AGITATING 'AND MIXING AP ARATUS.

$pe eification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 27, 1906.; Application filed mm 5.1905. Serial No. 281,603. I

thepinion 7,-secured to-one end of a drive To all /1/0111, Tnrty concern:

shaft 8, which shaft works in suitable bear- Be it known that I, LAMARTINE O. TRENT, l a citizen of the United States, residing at Vantrent, in, the county of Placer, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Agitating and Mire ing Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the 1 following to be a full, clear, and-exact deshown,) which works over 'the fast and loose drive-shaft 8. i drive-shaft 8 is thus transmitted to the shaft 5 for imparting rotation to the receiver '2? 3 ings 9 and is driven by means of a belt, (not belt-pulleys 11 12 on the opposite end of the The rotary motion of the.

scription of the same. From the lower'end portion of the receiver The present invention is designed. for the 2 lead a series of discharge-outlets for the esagitating, mixing, and aeration of. liquid l cape of the material from within the said rem slimes, clay,eeinent,slurry,and sludge generceiver, which outlets in the resent case are V ally, the object being to rovide acheapand represented. as a series of ra iallyextending effective apparatus for t e treatment of the hollow tapering,distributing-arrns 13; Prefmaterial, the apparatus being of such conerably the outer 'end of each arm strue-tion as'to require the expenditure of but .curved, so' that the material Will dischargedesignate any suitable form of a receivingtherefrom at a tangent to the vertical axis of slight power for imparting movement to the the hollow receiver. To secure a series of jet.-

rotating parts. To comprehend the invention, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings, whereiu- Figure l is a top downwardly and in adirection opposite to the travel of. the arms 13. v The material treated within theap aratus' plan view of the mechanism disclosed by Fig. 2 of thedrawings, the direction of discharge for the material from within the receiver intothe receiving-tank being indicated by arrows. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the ap aratus with the parts shown in elevation, il ustrating the position of the hollow receiver within the receivingtan'lc, the flow of the material into the receiver being illustrated by arrows; and Fig. 3 is a detail broken view of the receiver with the distributing-arms attached thereto, the flow of the material through the said arms being designated by arrows.

In the drawings the numeral 1 is used to the controlled outlet 15;

fed into the receivinig-tank in any suitable manner until it over owe the upper edge of -Motion being imparted to the drive-shaft 8 imparts horizontalrotation, to the receiver 2 During the rotary'moveinent of the said reunder tributin -arms,which arms are carried around tank, preferably of circular form. The size I or diameter of the said. receiving-tank is dc.- The material is discharged from the distribpendent on the amount of material to be uting-arms tangentiallytothe vertical axis treated therein. V of the hollow receiver, the said dischargebe-' Within the receiving-tanl'r l is arranged a rotatable hollow receiver 2, the upper end of which terminates at a point below the upper edge of the said receivingtank. The lower end of said receiver 2 is closed and loosely mounted within a central bearing 3 of the tank 1, so. that the receiver 2 is free to rotate rialwithin thereceiving-tank, the radial in a horizontal plane. I

streams, an impelling action is imparte .to

coil of the escaping j ets. The rotation of the horizontally-dis osed 'radialarn'ls witlgfl-lflhe body of materia contained in the rec g tank serves to thorou hly agitate andimx the said material or pu p. It willbe understood that the receiver 2 is maintained filled The n per end of the receiver 2 is angopen one, an to the same is bolted or otherwise secured a spider 4, to which spider is fastened the lower end of a vertical shaft 5. This shaft extends beyond the u per edge of the tank 1, and at its u per end t e shaft carries a bevel-gear 6. T e gear 6 meshes with ing-tank overflowing the upper edge thereof.

l streams from each distributing arm, the said:

In operation the materi'al to be treated is by reason of the material within the receiv arms are rovided with a series of outletnozzleg 14, w iich nozzles are preferably inclined is withdrawn from the reeeiving tank t ough the hollow receiver or stand-pipe 2 in order to fill the same and its diStributing-arms-I oeiver -2 the material fed therein is, forced pressure from Within the hollow dls- 1 within t e receiving-tank with the receiver 2.

ing in the form of jet-streams,whiclifjetstreams impinge against the body of mate-f \IOQ arms being submerged therein. owingggtrg I the disposition of'the outlets fo= the 'etthe distributing-arms due to the strain or re- Consequently there is :L continuous flow or euletion of the material through the said iver during the entire worlairt; 1,.5' the zip pemtus.

Owing to the suction created the flow of the rrsefierizii in to the open. end of the reeeiver, it given quantity of air will be drawn into the said receiver with the inllowing nut-- teriel. The air thus edmitt 1d inter-mixes with and thoroughly aeretes the nmteriel being treetmli. For the treatment of e eyanid. soliltion. the aemtiml of the material or'solution is an important factor.

After the material has been treated the same is Withdrawn. from Within. the receiving tank through the opening of the outlet 1'5.

Having tl'lus deseribecl' the invention, What is claimed new, and desired to be protected by Letters Patent, is-

1'. In en. ep' emtus for the described purloose, the com .rine ion with e reeeivingienk or hol. ii11g-reeepteele for the material to he treated, of a receiver rete'mhly hel therein, the upper edge of said. reeeiver being lmlow the normal level of the materiel Within the receiving-tank, so as to establish a eontinuous circulation of the meter" 11, a series of tubuler, distributing-arms radially extending therefrom, and means iorimperting rotation to the receiver within the tank or recepteelef 2. In an :11) eretus for the described purpose, the com matron with a rece1vrng-tanlt or holtlmg+reeeptaole for the 11181761181 to be the tank or'reeepteoie, the upper edge of said receiver being below the normal level of the nmteriel within the receiving-tank, a series of hollow l1str1butmg-e11ns radially extending tl" li'CiTJ'OID, of" a drive-shaft for imparting rotation to the receiver, and oi? connection be tween the said receiver and. the drive-shaft for transmitting to the receiver the motion of the said drive-shaft.

3. iii an apparatus for the described purpose, the combination. with a reeeivipg-tenk, or holdmg-receptaele for the material to he treeted, of vertieelly-disposed receiver rotetebly mounted therein so as to place its upper open end below the normal level etthe materiel delivered into the said holding-re: eepteele, of a series 01" circumferentially-disposed diselmrge-outlets leading from the tower end yortien e? the eeeiver for the escape of the mat means for imparting horizontal rotation to the reeeiven In testimony whereof I have hereunto e'ilixed my signature in the presence of witmesses.

LAMARTINE O. TRENT.

Witnesses:

N. A. AOKER, l). B. R'IOH'ARDS.

iel flowing into the receiver, and 

